It also is possible that Saban could consider wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator Mike Groh, who once was the offensive coordinator at Virginia, where he previously starred as a quarterback.

Meanwhile, Alabama also is in the market for an assistant coach to replace outside linebackers coach Sal Sunseri, who last week became the defensive coordinator at Tennessee.

Two names have surfaced as possibilities for that role, according to CoachingSearch.com: former Ole Miss defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Tyrone Nix and Tennessee defensive line coach Lance Thompson. Interestingly, Sunseri joined Alabama's staff in 2009 when Thompson went to Tennessee.